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Icon-mightymorphinThis article is about a two-part episode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Doomsday is a two-part episode and the thirty-ninth & fortieth episodes of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

It is the episode noted for introducing the concept of Zords piloted by antagonists to American audiences, a trait that would continue in most subsequent seasons of Power Rangers.

Synopsis[]

While the city of Angel Grove celebrates the Power Rangers, Rita Repulsa makes her boldest move yet when she transports the entire population to a dimensional vortex.  Enlisting the malevolent Lokar and the evil war Zord Cyclopsus, Rita overpowers the Rangers and seemingly destroys their Zords!

Plot[]

Part 1[]

The Mayor of Angel Grove declares the first ever "Power Ranger Day", and the city marks the occasion with a large gathering in the park with everyone hoping the Rangers themselves turn up to the event. Upon hearing about it, the teens agree that the Power Rangers should make an appearance.

Rita Repulsa, meanwhile, hatched her biggest scheme yet: she will bring her Lunar Palace to Earth, greatly increasing her power, and call on the long-dormant war Zord Cyclopsus to defeat the Power Rangers once and for all. 

In Angel Grove Park, a large crowd turns out for a special appearance by the Power Rangers. The Rangers arrive unmorphed to show their faces to people and check out the crowds, surprised at how many people have turned out to celebrate. Kimberly is a bit worried when she doesn't spot Tommy but assures herself and the others he'll turn up. Bulk and Skull show up as the "Incredible Bulkster" and "Super Skull" in an attempt to steal the spotlight. As Rita lands her palace in the heart of downtown Angel Grove, everyone in the city (apart from the Rangers) is transported to Rita's dark dimension. 

After being briefed by Zordon on the extremely dangerous situation, the Rangers morph and teleport to downtown Angel Grove and summon Megazord to fight Cyclopsus. The Megazord proves unable to match up, so they summon Dragonzord to boost their power. Despite attacking in every battle mode available to them, the Rangers are unable to finish off Cyclopsus. Zordon finally calls on Titanus and the Rangers form Ultrazord, which succeeds in destroying much of Cyclopsus, but its head remains intact. Rita, furious over Cyclopsus' defeat, creates a sinkhole directly under Titanus, sucking it in. The Rangers attempt to rescue the Carrierzord with the Mega Dragonzord, but Rita blasts it back and Titanus is sucked inside completely before a massive explosion engulfs the Zord, presumably destroying it forever. As the Rangers fret over losing Titanus, Rita then decides to summon Lokar back to Earth, and upon arriving he instantly restores Cyclopsus, forcing the Rangers to retreat.

Back in the Command Center, the Rangers realize their options are bleak with Lokar back and their Zords still recharging from the hard battle. Regardless, they know they need to move soon if there's any hope of rescuing the citizens of Angel Grove from Rita's dark dimension.

Part 2[]

Rita's assault continues while the Power Rangers are forced to bide time as the Zords recharge. Jason decides to take the Zords back into battle, even at half power, over Zordon's and Billy's objections.

The group returns to the city with Megazord to face Cyclopsus again, but in its weakened state, it is overwhelmed even more quickly than in the previous battle, losing an arm in the process. Jason summons Dragonzord as backup, but it too is low on power, and Cyclopsus defeats it in one hit by severing its tail. Lokar then blasts both Zords with his own energy, taking the Megazord out of the fight completely. With both Megazord and Dragonzord down, Rita takes direct aim at them with her staff, overloading their systems. The Rangers are forced to evacuate as the Zords disappear piece by piece.

Despite fearing the worst, the disappearance of their Zords was actually a security override designed to return them to their hiding places in the event they were ever close to being destroyed.

The Rangers are involuntarily demorphed and land in a still deserted Angel Grove Park, where they are unable to use their communicators to contact the Command Center. They went to Billy's lab, where he works feverishly to retune the communicators. Before he can finish, Goldar arrives with a group of Putties, intent on destroying the Rangers while they're at their weakest. 

At the same time, Alpha takes the opportunity to hack into Rita's databanks while her palace is still on Earth. While doing so, he uncovers Cyclopsus' weakness.

Billy completes his work and the group teleports to the Command Center just before Goldar could attack. Zordon then reveals Alpha's critical findings to the Rangers: Cyclopsus must adjust its systems to compensate each time the Zords change configurations. Zordon believes if the Rangers change modes frequently enough, Cyclopsus will become overwhelmed and vulnerable.

Zordon pulls Titanus from the sinkhole and with the Zords fully re-energized, the Rangers morph and teleport to the city, call for their Dinozords, and attack individually. They then form the Megazord and Dragonzord in Battle Mode in rapid succession. Cyclopsus is still dominating, but the Dragonzord manages to sever its bladed hands. After taking another energy blast from Lokar, the Rangers summon Titanus and once again form the Ultrazord. Zordon's hypothesis is proven correct, and Cyclopsis was unable to adjust to the frequent changes and locks up. Goldar is forced to bail out of the cockpit just before Ultrazord obliterates Cyclopsus for good. Lokar escapes before the Rangers can turn their attention to him.

In the Lunar Palace, Rita is furious that she was defeated again. This time Baboo, Squatt and Finster tell Rita that this loss is entirely Goldar's fault. Goldar quickly suggests they leave Angel Grove before Ultrazord blasts them. With that, Rita and her Lunar Palace return to the moon.

Back in the park, the people of Angel Grove are returned from their other-dimensional prison with no knowledge of having been transported there in the first place. The Rangers arrive to much fanfare. While a group of children argue over which Ranger is the best, Tommy Oliver clues them into a secret: "They're all totally awesome."

In the wake of their toughest battle, Zordon thanks the Rangers for their dedication and offers them the chance to give up the power and return to their everyday lives or choose to remain Power Rangers. All five choose to remain Rangers if the Earth is in danger again and Zordon is pleased with the Rangers' decision.

Cast[]

Behind the Scenes[]

Production History[]

Doomsday was originally intended to be the final installment of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. The Toei footage from these episodes was taken from the final 4 episodes of Zyuranger. But after MMPR became a hit, Fox ordered twenty additional episodes, and Doomsday's plot was altered to allow the series to continue on. Having exhausted footage from the Zyuranger episodes, Saban entered into an agreement with Toei to produce all-new battle scenes that would be used throughout the remainder of the first season and into the second. Said new battle scenes would become retroactively known as "Zyu2".

Errors[]

  • When Rita first summons Cyclopsus, her wand is shown firing a blast that shoots to Earth from outer space. This was after her palace already landed in Angel Grove.
  • At the beginning of Part II, Alpha said the Zords would need twelve hours to completely recharge from the first fight with Cyclopsus. After the Zords' emergency evacuation during the second battle, they are said to be fully recharged and repaired just a short time later despite being even more heavily damaged.
  • The Triceratops growled like the Tyrannosaurus before its tail retracted for the Megazord Tank Mode assembly in Part I.
  • In Part II, when Billy tells the others that the communicators are fixed, his communicator goes from being in his left palm to attached to his right wrist between shots.
  • While Zordon is explaining how to counter Lokar and Cyclopsus, the upper parts of three people looking up at it can be seen, even though the entire population of Angel Grove was trapped in a vortex.
  • After arriving to help in the second battle, Dragonzord looks to be in the air while swinging its tail. This is followed by Cyclopsus yanking down, sending Dragonzord to the ground. Cyclopsus is never shown shooting its arms at Dragonzord to lift him up, unlike the first fight between the three.
  • During the final battle with Cyclopsus, while Jason's calling for Titanus the scene shifts from being inside Megazord to Dragonzord Battle Mode.
  • At the end, Zordon gives the Rangers the chance to give up their powers and return to their normal lives. However, Rita had only retreated back to the moon and had no known intention of stopping her attacks on Earth. This is an artifact from when the episode was planned to be the series finale.
  • It is never truly explained in Part II how Zordon pulled Titanus out of Rita's sinkhole.

Notes[]

  • This marked the first time Titanus attacked a monster outside of the Ultrazord mode. It would do this again against giant Hate Master in "Stop the Hate Master".
  • This episode was originally written as the series finale, with the original ending showing the Rangers storming Rita's palace and sealing her, Goldar, Scorpina, Baboo, Squatt, and Finster inside a jar, as in the finale of Zyuranger,[1] but instead, they have retreated back to the moon along with the palace.
  • This was the final time Jason used the Dragon Dagger and the Dragonzord. He would later return the Green Ranger powers to Tommy in "Return of an Old Friend".
  • This was the final appearance of Lokar.
  • Jason David Frank makes an uncredited cameo appearance as Tommy in Part II.
    • This episode marks Tommy's only appearance between his stints as the Green Ranger.
  • This is the final appearance of Trini's cousin Sylvia, who previously appeared in No Clowning Around. She appears in a cameo just seconds before Tommy.
    • This is also the final appearance of Dragonzord in Fighting Mode.
    • This is also the final appearance of the Rad Bug, which is only seen in the background of Billy's garage.
  • Part 2 aired on Walter Jones' birthday.
  • The superhero costumes Bulk and Skull wear are reused in "Crystal of Nightmares" during Bulk and Skull's nightmare, where they are second-rate Rangers themselves.

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Icon-mightymorphin List of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Episodes
Season 1

0: Day of the Dumpster (pilot) • 1: Day of the Dumpster • 2: High Five • 3: Teamwork • 4: A Pressing Engagement • 5: Different Drum • 6: Food Fight • 7: Big Sisters • 8: I, Eye Guy • 9: For Whom The Bell Trolls • 10: Happy Birthday, Zack • 11: No Clowning Around• 12: Power Ranger Punks • 13: Peace, Love and Woe • 14: Foul Play in the Sky • 15: Dark Warrior • 16: Switching Places • 17-21: Green With Evil • 22: Itsy Bitsy Spider • 23: The Trouble with Shellshock • 24: The Spit Flower • 25: Life's a Masquerade • 26: Gung Ho! • 27: Wheel of Misfortune • 28 & 29: Island of Illusion • 30: The Rockstar • 31: Calamity Kimberly • 32: A Star Is Born • 33: The Yolk's on You! • 34 & 35: The Green Candle • 36: Birds of a Feather • 37: Clean-Up Club • 38: A Bad Reflection on You • 39 & 40: Doomsday • 41: Rita's Seed of Evil • 42: A Pig Surprise • 43: Something Fishy • 44: Lions & Blizzards • 45: Crystal of Nightmares • 46: To Flea or Not to Flee • 47: Reign of the Jellyfish • 48: Plague of the Mantis • 49 & 50: Return of an Old Friend • 51: Grumble Bee • 52: Two Heads are Better than One • 53: Fowl Play • 54: Trick or Treat • 55: Second Chance • 56: On Fins and Needles • 57: Enter… The Lizzinator • 58: Football Season • 59: Mighty Morphin' Mutants • 60: An Oyster Stew

Season 2

1-3: The Mutiny • 4: The Wanna-Be Ranger • 5: Putty on the Brain • 6: Bloom of Doom • 7: The Green Dream • 8: The Power Stealer • 9: The Beetle Invasion • 10: Welcome to Venus Island • 11: The Song of Guitardo • 12 & 13: Green No More • 14: Missing Green • 15: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park • 16: Beauty and the Beast • 17 & 18: White Light • 19: Two for One • 20: Opposites Attract • 21: Zedd's Monster Mash • 22-24: The Ninja Encounter • 25: A Monster of Global Proportions • 26: Zedd Waves • 27 & 28: The Power Transfer • 29: Goldar's Vice-Versa • 30: Mirror of Regret • 31: When is a Ranger Not a Ranger? • 32: Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun • 33: Lights, Camera, Action • 34: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire • 35: Scavenger Hunt • 36: The Great Bookala Escape • 37: Forever Friends • 38: A Reel Fish Story • 39 & 40: Rangers Back in Time • 41-43: The Wedding • 44-46: Return of the Green Ranger • 47: Best Man for the Job • 48 & 49: Storybook Rangers • 50 & 51: Wild West Rangers • 52: Blue Ranger Gone Bad

Season 3 & Alien Rangers

1-3: A Friend in Need • 4-7: Ninja Quest • 8: A Brush with Destiny • 9: Passing the Lantern • 10: Wizard for a Day • 11: Fourth Down and Long • 12 & 13: Stop the Hate Master • 14: Final Face-Off • 15: The Potion Notion • 16: I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger • 17 & 18: A Ranger Catastrophe • 19-21: Changing of the Zords • 22: Follow that Cab! • 23-25: A Different Shade of Pink • 26: Rita's Pita • 27: Another Brick in the Wall • 28: A Chimp in Charge • 29-31: Master Vile and the Metallic Armor • 32: The Sound of Dischordia • 33: Rangers in Reverse • 34 & 35: Alien Rangers of Aquitar • 36: Climb Every Fountain • 37: The Alien Trap • 38: Attack of the 60' Bulk • 39: Water You Thinking? • 40: Along Came a Spider • 41: Sowing the Seas of Evil • 42 & 43: Hogday Afternoon

Movies & Specials

Alpha's Magical ChristmasMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MoviePower Rangers (2017)Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

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